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10 unusual facts about 2004 in television


Channel 4 Banned season

The Channel 4 Banned season was a series of television documentaries on the UK's Channel 4 in 2004-2005, examining the history of explicit and controversial material on British television, and its infiltration of the mainstream.

Hunter Via

Beginning in 2004, Via took on the role of editor and ended up cutting seventeen episodes of the series through 2007.

Major League Baseball on SportsChannel

In October 2004, FSN Chicago lost broadcast rights to all of the professional sports teams in the Chicago area when the owners of the Bulls, the White Sox, the Blackhawks, and the Cubs decided to end their agreement with the network and partnered with Comcast to form Comcast SportsNet Chicago.

NHL 2Night

The show was canceled in 2004 after ESPN chose not to rival the bid to broadcast NHL games, which were won by OLN (now NBC Sports Network).

Playmakers

The only season of Playmakers was released on DVD by ESPN Home Video in 2004.

Robin's Nest

In 2004, a Polish version was screened, named Dziupla Cezara.

Rockingham Speedway

The track has also been used often for television and movie filming, and the 2004 ESPN telefilm 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story was filmed at the track along with some scenes from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

The Sharon Osbourne Show

The original version of The Sharon Osbourne Show was a syndicated show that ran for one season (20032004) on various US channels.

United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing on television

From 2002 to 2004, the Belmont had the highest ratings of any horse race on television.

Video scaler

When the U.S. cable network TNT introduced an HD feed in 2004, it controversially employed a stretching system known as FlexView (which was also offered to other broadcasters).